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Of a coalition of extremist groups, but the qanon conspiracy played a vital role in spreading the election lie that rallied them. bbc reporter stephanie hegarty, first reported on the rise of qanon during the pandemic, and now she s been back to the us to see what s changed for some of those caught up in the conspiracy theory. it s a powerful conspiracy theory that spread paranoia and distrust and contributed so much to this infamous day. but are people still held in oanon s grip? the pandemic wasn t real and the race war isn t real. reporting on qanon back in 2020, i first met nick nittoli on the internet. this time, i had a chance to meet him face to face. when everything unfolded on january 6, what were you thinking? get us off national television. what are we doing? is that the capitol? is that a shaman? things have changed, foryou, ithink, a bit. yeah, they definitely have. i don t want to believe ....
Gallery and looking down and seeing them rushing off the floor. those very people. those very people who now are claiming it was no big deal. and those of us who were up in the gallery essentially trapped, seeing them literally flood off the floor, and then to just a day or two later, hear them diminish the experience, was surreal. and still is surreal. the fear, the fear in their eyes and their faces then, is illustrative, because it s still fear that drives them. even now. they are fearful, afraid people. they were then and they are now. now they re afraid of donald trump. they are. and the very logic that has them now denying the magnitude of what took place, pretending that it wasn t real, first of all, we were there. nobody can tell us what did and did not happen. we experienced it in real time. ....
Online, notjust for film festivals, online, notjust forfilm festivals, but online, notjust for film festivals, but for so many things we have seen during the pandemic, even concerts for instance, do you see that as something that the film industry all the music industry out of sight in the case of the grammys, will take as an option because of the rising cases of omicron that we have seen in the united states recently? yeah, i think in the short term, looking ahead to whenever the show eventually manages to go ahead, there will be a certain aspect that might be online or at least at remote locations. but i can tell you no onein locations. but i can tell you no one in the business wants to do that, i don t like doing it. music especially is a form of entertainment where they want the live audience to be there in person in the auditorium or at least the audience at home to be able to watch the reaction of a live audience by music event. it is not the preferred option but it may be necess ....
Roll the plate there s ten different ways they thought of this. they tried a few different names. but what really bugs me is that for a long time he was claiming that inflation wasn t real. it s not happening. it s all in your head. now that they are saying this i not transitory. they are saying the only way to beat this is by pumping massive amounts of government money int the economy which might be the major cause of inflation. i m quite upset. that might be the smartest thin that has been said tonight but want to get back to marianne. who is she and why is she more important than us? i think he talked to her and must be talking to her now. i think that she is very real t him. ....
States to meet some of those who still believe in the conspiracy. it s been a year since the mobilising power of a conspiracy theory nearly brought the united states to its knees. at the root of a lot of the lies and misinformation about the election was qanon. when everything unfolded onjanuary sixth, what were you thinking? get us off national television. what are we doing? is that the capital? is that our shaman? in 2020, i reported on the dramatic rise of interest in qanon during the pandemic. that was a dark time and a dark place. and i spent a lot of time feeling like i was like four feet outside of my body. a year on from the attack on capitol hill, i m travelling to the us, not to meet the grifters ....